A Home Church Ministry
My wife and I were called into the mission field in 2010, where we spent the next decade working with the underground Church. What we experienced there forever changed us in ways that we really didn't understand. We didn't really have to wrestle with the realities of these changes until well after we returned home. …
What does it take for Christians to step into our role as peacemakers in a conflict like the war in Gaza? Let's take a hard look at this question.
Ephesians 4:4–6 (CSB) — 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope at your calling—5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. ~~~~~~~ Christian epistemology holds “oneness” in high esteem and depends …
In this video, I am preaching on the subject of losing our first love as Christians from Revelation 2:1-7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxxniW5RVrg&feature=youtu.be This lesson examines Jesus' words to the Ephesian church, who had abandoned their first love and were now being driven by other things in their view. Our aim in this lesson is to identify what …
Introduction Acts 3:26 (CSB) — 26 God raised up his servant and sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways. >>>PRAY<<< In chapter 3 we walked us through the beginning of the second movement of Luke’s account of the Acts of the Apostles: Peter and John …
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An Exposition of the Acts of the Apostles Acts 1:1-2:13, The Holy Spirit Continues Everything Jesus Began to Do and to Teach INTRODUCTION Luke 1:1–4 (CSB) — 1 Many have undertaken to compile a narrative about the events that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as the original eyewitnesses and servants …
Paul's epistles to the Corinthians are an incredibly timely message for the Church in the U.S. Corinth was an epicenter of trade, wealth, political power, culture, and idolatrous religion; the ancient world made the term "corinthianize" synonymous with "practice evil". Amidst all this wickedness and spiritual oppression, the Holy Spirit inspires Paul to pen a …
A Dedicated Faith 